"Country Bumpkin"... Cal Smith - 1974

[@scottyboy2566]

I have a dear friend who passed away this week. This song and our friendship had no direct correlation while he was alive, but the other day when I went to see him one last time before we buried him I played this song on the drive over and I cried like I'd never done before. Now I can't listen without crying...I miss you buddy.

[@andreaadams2517]

My husband passed away a little over a week ago on the 24th. He was only 34 years old. This was our song. I'm so glad I was able to fine this. I don't think anything could make me feel any better right now.

[@bobbyjocowpoke1057]

So sorry for the loss of your husband, I was married to my wife for 35 yrs when she passed away from Leukemia in 2013. 🙏🏻

[@danwilliams9299]

Soo sorry about your husband. I lost my wife in 2005.she had a heart attack at 38 yrs old. You never get over it,but we must keep living. I know we ll see them again someday. I wish you all that you need to find happiness again. Its hard,but can be done. Music can help to heal. Dan.north fl -4/08/22

[@andreaadams2517]

@@danwilliams9299 thank you so much for your kind words. After my husband passed I realized I needed to get myself straitened out and get my life together. I have found happiness and I spend each day praying my husband has too.

[@mindynewton2967]

I'm so sorry sweetie for your loss 😢. I lost my cowboy 12-22-21....

[@christinagrace8872]

Sorry for your loss hope you enjoy the song

[@brian1963110]

I was 11 yrs. old when I heard this song...I'm 57..still a classic...:).Don't worry about the thumbs down, they don't have a life.

[@sadisticaku2294]

Bitch people who dislike have a opinion too God bless America

[@andynorvell4953]

They might have an opinion..but it dont count..

[@markmarkofkane8167]

I heard it too. Same age. Born late '63.

[@cyberfiend66]

Brian Powers I am 10 years your junior and I agree, this is a classic. Still listening in 2020!

[@fbi2970]

I’m sixteen and have grown up with this song. Me and my dad went fishing a few days ago and it came on the radio. Even though I’ve heard it my whole life I replayed it on my own since the classics are stories and I fell in love with it.

[@beauthefingerskater199]

i am 14 years old, and this song will always hold a special place in my heart no matter what. it’s such a beautiful song, i wish country was still as good as it used to be.

[@jimmyspivey3859]

I'm 53 young man. And I wish the same !!!

[@robertmoore2049]

@@jimmyspivey3859I’m 58 and I too wish the same!

[@tiffanyridpath2906]

This song makes me smile and cry at the same time. Cal smith was my grandpa’s favorite singer and he played this song a lot when I was a kid. It takes me back to a simple time when he was still here.

[@aaronhill3955]

those were the days girl

[@Poochwalker]

When we had been married about two years, this song came out. I fell in love with it. We didn't have the money to buy frivolous things like albums but one day my wonderful, generous husband walked through the door with this album for me. This came up on my playlist today and reminded of that sweet memory. I love this song as much today as I did 43 years ago.

[@sherylweaver4505]

my grandmother would sing this song to me as a little girl . I miss her so much and I cry every time I hear this song

[@anthonymcelvogue2131]

I cry ever time I hear it and I am 10

[@amyketner4195]

Sheryl Weaver me too! my mom loved it and sang it to me.

[@joe-bughorn3351]

My granny and pawpaw used to sing this together. I remember playing it for them many of times after I downloaded it from Napster for papaw, lol. Hearing this song really takes me back to then, and it really puts a smile on my face... Good times! I miss ya Granny...

[@ronharclerode]

Sheryl Weaver one I'm glad I found you missing you I've been thinking about you when I hear this song my grandmother reado plays it and my child hood best friend sings it

[@cherylbillett2645]

my mom sang it to my daughter..so when I hear it I cry..love my mom r.i.p

[@gabrielwatson7721]

I remember singing this song with my Momma. I miss the old days.😊

[@austinoggamer]

My grandma loved this song. So many memories

[@tocafrog9058]

Im 53, this classic song takes me back to my childhood on the farm,,,,thankyou

[@schwenke069]

Knowing every tune from the jukebox ... in the beer joint ... with the children of my parents friends. Still known and love them all. Good times as a kid in the 70's.

[@maryproven9433]

This is how country music should sound ,it tells a story,it doesn't sound like the singers are screaming ! What happened to our good music ? I miss it big time.

[@danielburns987]

this song went to #1 on the country charts in 1974!!!

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Thanks for the revelation

[@daleofficer1709]

A simple, beautiful song about the circle of life. As sad as it is, it doesn't get much better or more real than this. It still touches my heart 50 years on.

[@johnny1965]

You nailed it with that comment its exactly my thoughts

[@Candy92616]

I love this song since I have just become a grandma I sang this song to my grandson I call him my country bumpkin or pumpkin I hear it and I cry cause I won’t be here to see him grow so this is a blessing of a country song

[@karenstraus5438]

As a teenager I would clean a downtown mall at night. The manager loved country music and this song played every night. It did grow on me and I could sing the whole song when it got stuck in my head. I am 62 now and like the country classics.

[@acesn8s]

Song was a hit when I was 4. Remember playing it on the jukebox at the barber shop. Great country song.

[@perkitaseaman3290]

I was 10 years old when I first heard this song to I am 58 this song gets better with age and I do miss the good old days 1974 there I live forever in that time

[@MNWILD43]

This song reminds me of how life used to be. My mom passed away in 1994 from cancer at the age of 51, the same age as i am right now. It reminds me of her and seeing the frost out on the pumpkins when she was here. My childhood. This song makes me cry because i remember what i was, and those feelings i can't let go of from that time period in my life. The hard thing is, is that i won't get back that time to make changes within myself. It makes me cry because those feelings over-rush me as if i was still that younger version of myself that needed my mother. I still need my mother so much, but she's been gone for 24 years now.

[@aimelapierre5705]

Totally agree they don't make songs like this anymore

[@gmandersonjr]

She is looking down on you.

[@MNWILD43]

@@gmandersonjr I hope so, sir!! I'd love to see her one day again.

[@rpetrics]

@@MNWILD43 You will. Anyone who cares about his Mom the way you do, will definitely be reunited with her one day.

[@one4gimp]

My mom still sings this every time we have our first frost.

[@fayekopachinski6451]

Its still makes me cry,, lots of memories

[@WildPhotoShooter]

Modern "country" can't put tears in the eyes like songs back then could.

[@bryanraygor6910]

@@WildPhotoShooter I am. 55. Still. Cry. U be over this. Sonng ..something I vr

[@shanedallachy5450]

My Aunty had this record R.I.P 😭😭

[@toletaarmstrong4779]

All of those who gave this song a thumbs down must not know how someone can write a great story in a song.

[@keithreeves8513]

Same deal here.. classic song .listened to it 1000 times 2000 to go..

[@debbiewashburn1000]

I listened to WMAQ chicago country radio and this song came out when i was 23. I loved the melody but i don't think I really listened to these story. Until now. Its so beautiful and was alway one of my favorite songs. Thanks to KZbin I can listen and watch Cal sing it again. And send it to my 2 grown daughters, one who has her own little country bumpkin boy! Thank you Cal Smith!

[@derylbeyer3778]

This was when Country was Country. I miss those days and I certainly miss the heart touching country ballads. Just makes me so sad. We have lost so many of our “Traditional Country Singers “ and sadly what they consider to be Country today is garbage.

[@itatreeneetee]

Hi Daryl, I am African. I love hip hop. I love reggae. I love country. This song is a masterpiece and i literally cried listening. But truth is times they are a-changing. I grew up listening to pops playing these lovely song. There are some new guys around that make awesone country music. But the nostalgia we have can prevent us from enjoying them. Its same in hip hop, reggae, even afro beat. Lets give the new guys a chance.

[@snakemansnakes1]

@@itatreeneetee I agree with you Ita. 20 or 30 years from now there will be oldtimers saying the same things about how much they miss the music of today. It's a repeating cycle without a doubt. I will always be giving the new guys and girls a chance because I find there are some truly great singers out there. I love Old Country myself but still make room for other kinds of music to get in. I follow the modern duo called First Aid Kit and think they are really good. Then there is a large group of youngsters from Norway who started out in 2014 and they do Bluegrass which is amazing to hear. They are on KZbin and they are called Hayde Blue Grass Orchestra, their cover of the traditional song Wayfaring Stranger is superb. Good to meet you.

[@kenscott993]

I agree

[@donaldpreuss6217]

Deryl your so right the music today and all music sucks

[@ethanmario6062]

i know I am kinda randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to watch newly released tv shows online?

[@jakesullivan1490]

I grew up on classic country (much of it from before my time) thanks to my parents, and grandparents. I’m 31 now. So glad that I did. I moved away from it eventually but still always loved and played it from time to time. Obviously I still do. Music is so bad now that I appreciate this stuff even more now. Plus all of the wonderful childhood memories. I miss this. When music had feeling still. This is also my favorite classic country song of all time.

[@TyroneEpps]

This song is fantastic ! 😊😊😊😊

[@kentlewis987]

Reminds me of my father. He would always sing along with it while driving me to school.

[@Kasie.Nelson]

I'm 26 and I still love country music, thanks mom and dad I love you

[@thesearcher118]

I heard this song on the radio a couple of years ago after not having heard it since I was a kid back in the 1970's. Beautiful and bittersweet.

[@nurmaybooba]

when country was worth listening to

[@codysimon1724]

So true! I grew up with country music because my old man loved it but it was all classic country and that's the country music I like not this modern age "country" I'm only 23 and I know what real country is

[@jedk9523]

yes, now days it sounds 3/4 like that pop jungle music

[@edgeof1956]

Country music from the 70's rocked!!

[@ruthbush3489]

your right there

[@johnbatinich1011]

Absolutely!

[@anthonypirtle5687]

I remember listening to this song with my grandma. So many memories!

[@annemott1193]

this is my all time favorite country song. I was about 11 or 12 when it first came on the radio and I fell in love with it.

[@jerrylusic8055]

I almost dropped a tear in my beer to this one !!!!

[@noelbalfour9531]

The best country song in the seventies for sure ,I love it as much now !

[@keymaster430]

My mama used to sing this to me. God rest her soul

[@altapape4594]

that was my nick name and I had Cal's autograph at a lil café called Charles' dinner in Johnson city Tx where my mama waited on him and his band he signed the whole album to all us 7 kids with love and admiration of my beautiful mama, Mona. What a great guy.

[@southerntripper1313]

alta pape that is one of the coolest freaking stories I’ve ever heard. It helps I live not to far from there and I pictured that lil town. Spent some time there last year with the kids playing hide and seek under their Christmas lights in town. Seems magical moments have been a thing in that town for some time! Ty friend

[@calvintaylor7242]

Why was your nick name Cal?

[@0patience4flz]

Pumpkin was your nickname

[@kathybroz3380]

I remember this wonderful song from the year I was married. We are still enjoying it together after 47 years. I do miss the good old days of country music when songs really touched your heart.

[@socialdistortion8317]

This song was my grandmother's favorite song, sadly she passed away in 1991. I was 7 years old. I only got to know her for a short time. miss you grandma.

[@billmckinney1441]

This song would bring a tear to my dad's eye when it was new in mid 70s. He drove his 72 Chevy Monte Carlo smoking a Salem, window down and listening to AM station and I could see a tear. Now hearing song on Sirius Willie's Roadhouse.... my eyes water.

[@Hyghly_defyned_27]

I'm born and raised in The Bronx, NY (The hood), but I like this song!! 👏🏽👏🏽

[@margricks]

I remember this song when I was little. Daddy used to turn this up on the radio when it came on. It makes me cry thinking about my daddy, he's gone now. This song is just wonderful and Mr. Smith's voice is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing this!

[@bobbyjackson8120]

This is the only song my granny had me look up when I was proving KZbin has all the classics. So I know this endearingly as my granny's song

[@mikepariseau9728]

my mom used to play this record all the time. I hated it so much back then. I love it and it makes me cry now.

[@Megatronsters]

R.I.P Dad, listening to this song for you. Someday our family will be whole again.

[@kennydobbins815]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[@lonmcq7317]

Megan, This was one of my Dad's favorites as well back then. Blessings to you...

[@brian1963110]

I remembered listening to this song since I was 11 yrs. old...I'm 54 and still a classic. thank you and God bless.

[@Megatronsters]

I wrote that comment 2 years ago. I still visit this song time to time, just to remember the good times. I just got done shoveling my driveway at 2 am. I decided to sit on my porch and enjoy the snow covered trees listening to my Dads old favorite.

[@shirleyford104]

+Megatronsters My dad was a Southern Country Bumpkin. He was a good one. Sounds like you had a good one as well. Hold on to that. It's gold.

[@angelwings1408]

Beautiful song, Country bumpkin brings me to tears. ..reminds me of my late father...used to play this song... so often...

[@1CharlieWolf]

This song makes me cry, it's pretty.

[@nomad4870]

I was 7 when I first heard this song and it brings back so many memories I’m 19 now

[@trejofamily5043]

Beautiful Country classic 🌻

[@ethyleenjones8053]

Condolences to his family. He was one of my favorite singers.Too bad we don't have singers like him today.

[@melyndapurvis6491]

I'm probably one of the youngest people to even know much less really enjoy this song. Thanks dad. Beautiful love song. Though this song is making me cry as he used to sing this to me and my mom when they were still together. I was really little but I understood the song. And i felt happy every time he sang it. I love my dad and miss him so much. He's not passed but we're miles apart he's back home in South Carolina and I'm in Upper Michigan. He made me who i am.

[@grfarner4553]

I never get tired of hearing this song.

[@leonardgilbreath9004]

This is one of the greatest country song's the story behind it is one of true love .

[@kaydeebarker8487]

Leonard Gilbreath I would love to hear this story. I just learned in the past few days that Cal Smith is a cousin of mine. This is the first I've ever actually heard his name but I remember hearing his music all the time.

[@rosssoutherland8118]

My dear friend & band mate of 9 years the great Walter Haynes produced this fabulous song. Walt was a wonder on the steel guitar among other instruments. He played w Patsy Cline and many more.

[@jayjaynella4539]

It makes for fantastic reading to read from someone like you who knows a musician who has had a part in the making of a song like this.

[@rosssoutherland8118]

@@jayjaynella4539 Thank you! Walter also produced the song satin sheets. He was special. I played music with him five and six nights a week in pigeon Forge Tn. for many years. We played with Johnny Paycheck together and people like Jack Green and many others the Jordanaires very often JD Sumner and the stamps quartet etc. Walter wrote the song called girl on a billboard by Del Reeves and produced him too.

[@lanalamb3282]

This is one of my Mom's favorite songs and I lost her 8 years ago.

[@cut1986]

My mom loved this song when I was little. She just passed on the 16th of January. Pretty fitting.

[@CookamoAndStevensSon]

I’m 26, Californian born and raised, and I completely get it. I wanna cry this song is so beautiful.

[@johnbatinich1011]

Now this is real Country Music!

[@grannatana]

This was one of my Dad's favorite songs and would always have my husband (at the time) when he was a DJ at WIVK in Knoxville to play it for him, seemed like every night.... Dad is gone now, almost four years ago ,,,,,,,the frost is gone now from the "Pumpkin"..... Cal was such a talented singer......

[@morriscook8505]

This song brings back a flood of memories from my childhood. My father used to listen to this song on 8-Track. Thanks for the wonderful memories:)

[@desertdispatch]

+Morris Cook and the local stations here in calif played the hell out of it

[@danielberry922]

I have always loved this song . When I was a teenager in highschool . I heard this for the first time . Love will find you anywhere .

[@danielberry922]

Thank you for replying to my comment .

[@snakemansnakes1]

Loved this song since the day it came out- am I really that old? ha ha great song thanks for the posting

[@Hayden-Berdahl]

Been quite a few years since I heard this song everytime I here it I think of my old man because this is the stuff he grew up on I'm very glad I got his gene of cars and good music! God bless!!

[@haydensmercurycomet6109]

I used to sing this to my papa he’s gone now but man he was a wonderful man we may have not got along very well but we sure as hell loved each other he had served in Vietnam so I loved his storys he sadly passed about 3 years ago😭 Love You Papa!♥️

[@wiscgaloot]

For some reason I had this going through my head the last day or so. Great song.

[@leahwallen5713]

I remember hearing this as a kid. That part about death like pain and made me reconsider ever having children. Guess it must have forgot about that song because I have four kids. But it reminds me so much of my childhood. Old country songs like that make me miss my parents so much. And all the people I used to know.

[@Ethan_The_Actor]

This reminds me alot of my grandma she passed away a couple years ago to cancer and my grandpa is still living I live with him and this reminds me alot of them both because this songs alot like my situation

[@thedarthshow1728]

I always liked this song. it tells a great story

[@johnie14151]

When my first wife died I remember hearing this song. It brought back memories of my youth. It also made me break down and cry because of my own loss

[@froggiechar]

I have always liked this great song, by Cal Smith. Thank you so much for sharing it! Bless you, Charlie (Brother Charles)

[@chrissuppo2748]

Yes the song makes me cry raspbian myself I am a country bumpkin it reminds me of my dad so much it was just as much as a country bumpkin is me taught me to work on things how to have patience you know sometimes he didn't have patience I miss that man a lot

[@lorrainesteffen]

This was my absolute favorite song when he came out with this, I had just moved down South to Ga. and, my 1st baby boy was born...I switched to Country music right there. I still ask my son .. Where'd you come from Country Bumpkin?? Very special song and he is such a good perfect singer.... Thank You Cal Smith!!!

[@joshuaalvey4312]

In the middle of a pop punk youtube binge and this song fit in somehow and still sounds great.

[@bobbybraunecker5744]

My buddy and I were heading into work and we heard this on the radio and I had to look it up wonderful song

[@rahdamson]

Never thought a song could make me feel in only 3 verses.

[@bettyhouk8727]

This is real country music and I love it !

[@elizabethrodgers7925]

R.I.P grandpa rex, I miss you so much. I played this song before he died, right before mine and my husband anniversary. And it's his favorite song

[@philmay1347]

So so good and the older I get, the more it hits me

[@leslieholman3121]

This song is exactly how life is meant to be. Love old country music

[@larryhart4368]

grew up in Hendersonville and went to Hawkins junior high with Calvin Jr. used to spend weekends at their house camping out. Cal was always on the road and we were boys being boys. Cal and especially his wife were so wonderful to me. how lucky i was to know someone of his stature. Still love the Man and his music 40 years+ later. RIP!

[@joshneves1759]

todays county stinks. i would listen to this all day long at work classic county. my boss retired and he later passed, RIP norm the best boss i ever had

[@barbaragree9389]

My beautiful niece, about to turn 50, and still fresh as frost upon the pumpkin. This was her grandparents' song for her 💖💖💖💖

[@michaelpigott6056]

Beautiful composition and arrangement

[@Muzikgirl67]

Simply....FANTASTIC!!...this lil' country ditty was the 13th song from the year 1974 to reach the #1 spot on the country charts...(there were 40 #1 songs total that year!)...Cal made it to the top spot the week of May 18, 1974, for 1 week with this classic!.It's terrific also to hear the original 1974 version of this, and not some "re-make".....Thanks for posting and sharing with all of us "fellow youtubers", and I hope your week is going well Daniel...Take Care! Elizabeth 💿💿💿

[@VAHOSS]

Thank you very much Elizabeth!! :)

[@michaelshunkaha7721]

Wow, you know your stuff and you're so right the original is by far the best.

[@Muzikgirl67]

Thanks Michael! I sure do try my best to find all the interesting and accurate information that I can! Take Care! :)

[@jimmythesaint2286]

brings back memories of those characters I worked with in West Texas oilfields

[@jimmythesaint2286]

hey Glen, nice to hear from ya.. from Levelland. More later.

[@annemott1193]

I was 12 when this song came out. I heard it on the radio... bawled my eyes out... and fell in love with it. I still love it just as much all these years later.

[@donnacrandall9065]

For my Mama, until we meet again ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@jamietownsend7253]

This was our favorite song. Has turned out to be our life. Such magical wonderful memories and such deep grief.

[@josportsman84]

This is the kind of music my daddy raised me on. I remember riding in the semi with my step dad too.. during the summer singing along to almost every song we knew. I can remember riding in the truck with my Pah-Paw and listening to John Conlee, Cal Smith, Ferlin Husky, George Jones, Webb Peirce, Ray Price, Charlie Pride and many many more. I would have to agree with Patrick Saxon when he says they just don't make music like this anymore. I love it. Don't get me wrong, I like alot of the new country and alot of rock ranging from the 50's and on up. I just love music in general, but if I had to pick a genre and stick with it... I'd have to pick good ole country music from the 40's and into the 80's. I am a big fan of Johnny Cash (Cry, Cry, Cry and One Piece At A Time) John Anderson (Swingin, Straight Tequila Night and Seminole Wind), John Conlee (Too many to name) and my Pah-Paw's ultimate favorite- George Jones (White Lightin') Good memories. I miss my Pah-Paw like nobody's business. :-(

[@itsJohnnyDill]

+Jo Sportsman .....Lucky you. I only recently discovered this great music.

[@josportsman84]

Lol. Thnx

[@theodoreelch2311]

Jo Sportsman great song

[@mikelarkin5027]

Love this song brings back memories ❤️

[@HippieFlower1000]

A fine song Daniel....thank you for introducing me to these great country songs!! Ali

[@daviddrew1541]

My dad played this all the time. Im 31 now I found it

[@ethanderoulet8919]

Im 14 now and 40 years from now im gonna think of this song because some one close to me loves this song

[@ellieelizabeth5627]

I don't care what kind of mood I'm in or what I'm doing......this song always makes me cry. 😢

[@jaynetavis1526]

Love this song. I use to sing it with my grandpa

[@grindfreakmike5754]

Cal's best version, a great old country classic i first heard as a young teen in the mid 70's.

[@singlebiker72]

I remember first hearing this as a kid on the grandparents' AM radio in the car. Liked it then and it's still a classic. This is a fine example of real country music.

[@topenddean]

Man you would never guess the deep and rich meaning in this song unless you take the time to really listen to the lyrics. You think it's just a nice melody, light and easy listening, and then the lyrics hit you square in the heart, your jaw drops just a little when you realize this old Country-Western song just reached through time and taught you a lesson about rushing to judge something or someone. Bravo Mr. Smith. He walked into the bar and parked his lanky frame upon a tall barstool And with a long soft Southern drawl said "I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool" A barroom girl with hard and knowing eyes slowly looked him up and down And she thought "I wonder how on earth That country bumpkin found his way to town"She said "Hello, country bumpkin" "How's the frost out on the pumpkin?" "I've seen some sights but, man, you're somethin'" "Where'd ya come from, country bumpkin?"It was just a short year later in a bed of joy-filled tears yet death-like pain Into this wondrous world of many wonders one more wonder came That same woman's face was wrapped up In a raptured look of love and tenderness As she marveled at the soft and warm and cuddly boy-child feeding at her breastAnd she said "Hello, country bumpkin" "Fresh as frost out on the pumpkin" "I've seen some sights but, babe, you're somethin'" "Mamma loves her country bumpkin"Forty years of hard work later in a simple, quiet and peaceful country place The heavy hand of time had not erased The raptured wonder from the woman's face She was lying on her deathbed knowing fully well her race was nearly run But she softly smiled and looked into the sad eyes of her husband and her sonAnd she said "So long, country bumpkin" "The frost is gone now from on the pumpkin" "I've seen some sights and life's been somethin'" "See you later, country bumpkin"She said "So long, country bumpkin" "The frost is gone now from on the pumpkin" FADE "I've seen some sights and life's been somethin'"

[@stevecovell666]

Good comment: I think of the happy loving people in this song, and love the lyrics: by contrast, there is the opposite song - He Stopped Loving Her Today. Both great songs, but one of them (this one) is about people who decided to love other people, despite their faults, while the other classic describes what it is like to refuse to love anybody except the first choice. For his sake, I wish the dude in He Stopped Loving Her Today had walked into the Country Bumpkin's future wife's bar.

[@moondancer9066]

Almost more memories than I can handle. 😥💕

[@jeangray2573]

Just discovered this love story, and adore all of it. A beautiful voice. Yes, sad, but rich with love-what else is there?

[@rodolfojude4902]

Real country music we just love him too much !!!

[@johoney5458]

I have always liked that song and haven't thought of it in years. Thank you for taking the time, it was really good to hear.

[@VAHOSS]

You are very welcome my dear friend!! I'm glad you like these old country tunes!! :) You and Dom have a super weekend!! :) Daniel